Gun-mounting.



(Application filed Get. 14, 1901.)

Patented Mar. H, i902.

a. T. BRANKSTGN.

GUN EUNTING.

(Application med ocu. 14, 1901.)

`2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

il/MU ibn: bor-1 faire @mien i ins' L i RALPH 'lll-EVV BRNKSTO OFNEiVCAS'ILE-UFGN-TYNL ENGLAND, AS-

l SlG-NQR T "NL, G. ARMSIRONG, VHITWORTH d: CGMPANY, LiMTED, OFNEW'CASTLEU)ON-TYNE, ENGLAND.

eorwnoeriine.

SECIFIGATON forming peri; of Lettere Patent No. 695,087, dated Merch 11,1902. i

Application ilo/.l @einher lli, i901. Serial No. 73,605, (No niodely),To @ZZ whom it Hwy concern:

-' ienponfyne, England, here invented n eertain new and useful.Gen-Mounting, of whioh the following,i is e, epeeiiieetion.

The objeet of this invention is to provide e Convenient method by whichhigh :ingle of elevation een be obtained and et the seine time the gnueen4 oe-placed low iiown in oryder that the Center of gravity may be nelolv as possible when trevelinff. The usual method ,to obtain highelevations with large guns is' lo enlyloy en upper carriage, which isfired tothe upper side of the trail; but this in`- volvee the ereetionof ngin or slieerdegs and the disnxounting of the gun and the removal othe Wheels from, the carriage ;v ontby ineens 'o this invention the guneen be wheeled np into position luid the fnli elevation een be' obtainedin e few ininnes without the iid of sheer-legs or gin, which may beeonspieuons objects et en inconvenient time.

At eeeh side of the onrriege is e lever pivoted to the mile and havingits rear end pivoted to the trail. The lever hns pivotred to it block,forming n'bearing for supporting the lower end efe she-ft, Whose upperend is' screw-threaded and works in e .nut oivoiedv to the front of thetrail. revolved by ineens of :i Worin mounted Vin hearings in the block,Wnioli gears with ai worm-wheel fixed. to it. I

Figures l 2 aire side elevations of a gun eerried by e gun-mono. -iigconstructed aeeording' to 'this invention. The sights and other detailsnot oonneeted wili the invention are omittednv in FigE l the gun isshown in its loweror traveling position and in Fie.. 2 in its highposition. Fig. 3 Shows e detail.. The dotted lines indicate the maximumengles of elevation which een be given 'to the gun when in thesepositions. ln l it is about thirty degrees and in l1`ig52 fifty de-lgreee.

u is the gun, free to recoil in e the ordinerydnanner. i n

o' represents trnnnions fixed to the cradle Cradle D in This shaft-'eenbe" Z; end Werl-:ing in' bearings at the front of the trail o.

Z is a lever pivoted :it cl' to the trail and to the axle e of thecarrying-wheels e. The frontend oi' the lever l is connected by a linl;c 2 to e brekeblook f, which can be jammed against the wheel e by thehandle j. v

y is e. bleek pivoted et g' to the lever (Z and forming e bearing forthe lower end of the sliet lr.'

j in e worm mounted in bearings in ihe bloei: g and gearing with aWorm-wheel h', fixed to the shaft lr. The spindle of the worin -j lies esquare end j' to receive a handle by which it een be turned.

is a nui; on the screw-threaded shaft h,

which is pivoted et 7; to the front end of the -tre'iL A The gun,wheihe'in its lower position, Fig. l, or in its upper position,iFig.2,'ie elevated ,find depressed in the ordinary manner by n curved -rziekZ22, fixed to the cradle b, and n pixnion'o, mounted ir). beerings inthe trail.

in order to prevent eide Strains in traveling, erich of thetrails o hasfixed to its nnder side n segment o?, wedge-shaped in orosese'etion,which engages with corresponding flanges d3 on the lever rl, ieelearlyshown in Figai and l.' 'in e gnn-n1onntingtlie combination of an axle,eirrryingfwheels on the exige trail, a lever e'onneeti'ng thetrail'toilie axle, and ineens for varying the angle between the leversind trail.

2 lin.egunxnountingthe combination of an erle, carrying-wheels on theaxle, a trail, a lever eonnecting the trail to theaxle, n screwtlireededeli-aft pivoted -to the lever, a nut on the ebaltpivoted to thetrail,and means for .rotating the shaft.

3. ,begun-mounting theoombinationof an axle, Carrying-Wheels on theaxle, a trail, a

lever connecting the trail te the axle, e serewthreaded shaft pivoted tothe lever, a nut on ine shaft pivoted to the trail, e Worm-wheel' ,lothe shaft pivoted to the trail, means for rotating the shaft, abrake-,block carried by the lever and means for forcing theblock againstthe wheel.

6. In a gun-mounting the combination of an js' axle, carrying-Wheels onthe axle, a trail, a

lever connecting the trail to the axle, a screwthreaded shaft pivoted tothe leven, a nut on the shaft pivoted to the trail, a worm-wheel 'ixedto the shaft, a worm pivoted to the' level`F gearing 'with theworm-wheel, a brakeblock carried 'by the lever and means for fore ingthe block against the Wheel.

7. In a gun-mounting the combination of an axle, carrying-wheels on theaxle, a trail, a lever pivoted to the trail and to the axle,

, means for varying the angle between the lever and trail and means forcausing the trail and the lever to engage with each other at a pointother than their pivot when in the traveling position. l

i S. In aguil-mounting the combination of an axle, carrying-wheels onthe axle,a trail,a lever pivoted to the trail and to the axle, ascrew-threaded shaft pivoted to the lever, a nuton the shaft pivoted tothe trail, means for rotating the shaft and means for causing the trailand the lever to engage with each other l with @ch other at a pointother than their talpoint other than their pivot when in the travelingposition. f

I Q'IIn'ISgun-mounting the combination of an axlo,lcarryingwheels on theaxle, a trail, a lever` pivoted'to the trail and to the axle, ascrevvfthreaded shaft pivoted to the lever, a

nut on the shaft pivoted to the trail, a Wormwheel fixed to the shaft, aworm pivoted to the lever gearing with the worin-wheel and means forcausing the trail and the leverlto engage with each other at a pointother than their pivot when in the traveling position.

10. In a gun-mounting the combination oli' an axle, carrying-Wheels onthe axle, a trail, a. lever pivoted to the trail andv to the axle, meansforvaryin g the angle between the lever and trail, a brake-blockcarried. by the lever, means for forcing the block against the Wheel andmeans for causing thc trail and the lever to engage with each other ata'point other than their pivot when in the traveling posi tion.

V1l. In agun-mounting the combination of an axle, earrying-wheels on theaxle, a'trail, a lever pivoted to the trail and to the axle, ascrew-threaded shaft pivoted to the lever, a nut on the shaft pivoted tothe trail, means for rotating the shaft, a brake-block carried by thelever, means for forcing the block against t'he wheel and means' forcausing the trail and thelever to engage with each other at a pointother than their pivot when in the traveling position.

12. In a gun-mounting the combination of an axle, carrying-wheels on theaxle, a trail, a lever pivoteot to the trail and to the axle, a

screw-threaded shaft pivoted to the lever, a

nut on the shaft pivoted to the trail, a worinwheel fixed to the shaft,a worm pivoteil to the lever' gearing with the worin-wheel, abrake-block carried by the lever, means for forcing the block againstthe wheel and means for causing the trail and the lever to engage pivotwhen in` ihetraveling position.

' RALPH lllEW BRANKS'ION. lVlrtnesses:

L. PURvIs, L. W. Woons.

